Names_Places_Dates

Question 1

Who was the leader that led the expedition that burnt down the White House and other buildings in Washington, D.C.?

Answer 1

Major-General Robert Ross

Question 2

What year did Canada enact a free trade agreement with the United States?

Answer 2

1988

Question 3

Which province the highest mountain of Canada, ‘Logan’, is located in?

Answer 3

Yukon

Question 4

Which province is the most populous Prairie province?

Answer 4

Alberta

Question 5

Which province has the largest Francophone community in western Canada?

Answer 5

Manitoba (Winipeg)

Question 6

lists the Canadian Symbols.

Answer 6

the Crown, the Canadian flag, the maple leaf, the Parliament Buildings and the beaver

Question 7

How many people got the Victoria Cross (V.C.)

Answer 7

96 since 1854

Question 8

Three Canadian Inventions

Answer 8

Insulin, Basketball

Question 9

What year women got rights to vote in Manitoba ?

Answer 9

1916 and federal followed in 1919

Question 10

What year Magna Carta was signed in

Answer 10

1215

Question 11

What does ‘Habeas corpus’ means ?

Answer 11

The right to challenge unlawful detention by the state

Question 12

Who is considered the Father of Manitoba ?

Answer 12

Louis Riel

Question 13

What song is Canada’s Royal anthem?

Answer 13

God Save the Queen

Question 14

In which year Aboriginal people were given the name ‘First Nation’?

Answer 14

1970

Question 15

When did the name Canada begin first appearing on maps?

Answer 15

1550

Question 16

Name the battle which United States lost near Niagara Falls, in the War of 1812

Answer 16

Queenston Heights

Question 17

Paul Henderson scored the winning goal for Canada in the Canada-Soviet Summit Series in hockey. In what year was this goal, often referred to as “the goal heard around the world,” scored?

Answer 17

1972

Question 18

The British North America Act of 1867 united Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Today, Upper and Lower Canada are known as _______ and Quebec

Answer 18

Ontario

Question 19

Who was the first explorer to reach Canada in 1497?

Answer 19

John Cabot

Question 20

Which year is associated by many with Québec’s “Quiet Revolution,” a period of social, political and cultural change.

Answer 20

1960

Question 21

On September 10 of which year did the government of Mackenzie King declare war on Hitler’s Germany ten days after the rest of the British Empire declared war?

Answer 21

1939

Question 22

On July 5, 1916, the assembly of the No. 2 Construction Battalion was approved. Why was this battalion different from the rest of the military’s battalions?

Answer 22

It was Canada’s first, and only, all-black battalion

Question 23

Nova Scotian and Olympian Marjorie Turner-Bailey is a descendant of a group of escaped slaves and freed men and women of African origin. What is the name of this group who fled to Canada from America in the 1780s?

Answer 23

Black Loyalists

Question 24

In what year did the Iroquois and the French finally make peace?

Answer 24

1701

Question 25

This historic Canadian figure is known as the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada and is also featured on the Canadian $10 bill.

Answer 25

Sir John A. Macdonald

Question 26

Where are the highest tides in the world?

Answer 26

The Bay of Fundy, between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Question 27

On June 6, 1944, in a bid to roll back the Nazi regime, 15,000 Canadian soldiers stormed which Normandy beach on a day otherwise known as D-Day?

Answer 27

Juno Beach

Question 28

Jacques Cartier was the first European to explore which great Canadian river?

Answer 28

St. Lawrence River

Question 29

This person drew the map of East Coast Canada.

Answer 29

John Cabot

Question 30

The cornerstone of Centre Block in the Parliament Buildings was laid by Prince ______ in 1860; the son of Queen Victoria.

Answer 30

Albert

Question 31

What is the oldest national park in Canada?

Answer 31

Banff National Park

Question 32

"O Canada" was sung for over a century before becoming Canada's national anthem. In which year was the song officially designated by Parliament as our national anthem?

Answer 32

1920

Question 33

What battle can be described as the Royal Canadian Navy's "finest hour"?

Answer 33

Battle of the Atlantic

Question 34

In 1813, Laura Secord, pioneer wife and mother of five children, made a dangerous 30-kilometre journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon of a planned American attack. Her bravery contributed to the British-Canadian victory at the Battle of:

Answer 34

Beaver Dams

Question 35

Who was the first governor general of Canada

Answer 35

Viscount Monck

Question 36

Why is the battle of Vimy Ridge important to Canadians?

Answer 36

It has come to symbolise Canada's coming of age as a nation

Question 37

When did Nunavut become a territory?

Answer 37

1999

Question 38

What is the Motto of Canada?

Answer 38

a mari usque ad mare (From sea to sea)

Question 39

What does due Process mean in Canada?

Answer 39

The government must respect all the legal rights a person is entitled to under the law

Question 40

Select four rights "Canadian Citizens" have under the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms

Answer 40

Be educated in either official language, apply for a passport,vote,enter/exit Canada freely

Question 41

When is Canada Day and what does it celebrate

Answer 41

e celebrate the anniversary of Confederation July 1st of each year

Question 42

What does crown mean for Canadians?

Answer 42

The Crown is a symbol of Government, including Parliament, legislatures, courts, police services and the armed forces

Question 43

What day is Armistice Day of First World War

Answer 43

Remembrance Day (Nov 11)

Question 44

Who was the first leader of a responsible government in the Canadas in 1849?

Answer 44

Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

Question 45

What is the capital city of New Brunswick?

Answer 45

Fredericton

Question 46

When did the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms become part of the Constitution?

Answer 46

1982

Question 47

Where is the Canadian Shield?

Answer 47

Northern Quebec and Ontario and Labrador Previous Next

Question 48

What is a “party platform”?

Answer 48

the plans a political party develops for what they would do in government

Question 49

How old is the Canadian Shield?

Answer 49

More than 3.96 Billion years

Question 50

Which of following sports are official in Canada?

Answer 50

Hockey and Lacrosse Previous Next

Question 51

What year women got the right to vote in Federal election?

Answer 51

1918

Question 52

What did the Suffrage movement achieve?

Answer 52

Women achieved the right to vote

Question 53

What is Canada's system of governance?

Answer 53

Federal state, parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy Previous Next

Question 54

Under Canadian law, why is everybody presumed to be innocent until proven guilty?

Answer 54

To guarantee the due process under the law

Question 55

Why did early explorers first come to Atlantic Canada?

Answer 55

To fish and trade with First Nations people

Question 56

For what is the Okanagan Valley famous?

Answer 56

Fruit orchards & vineyards

Question 57

Who was the Group of Seven in modern Canada?

Answer 57

A group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920s

Question 58

How many electoral districts are there in Canada?

Answer 58

338

Question 59

Which province is known as the Land of 100,000 Lakes?

Answer 59

Manitoba

Question 60

When did the United Empire Loyalists come to Canada?

Answer 60

late 1700

Question 61

What are three minerals still being mined in the territories today?

Answer 61

Gold, lead and zinc

Question 62

What is a minority government?

Answer 62

The party in power holds less than half of the seats in the House of Commons.

Question 63

Which province is the biggest producer of metals in Canada?

Answer 63

Ontario

Question 64

What are the first two lines of Canada's national anthem?

Answer 64

O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command.

Question 65

Who invented the snowmobile?

Answer 65

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Question 66

When did thousands of miners first come to Yukon?

Answer 66

1890

Question 67

What is a Voter Information Card

Answer 67

A form that tells you where and when to vote.

Question 68

Where do the majority of Métis live in Canada?

Answer 68

Prairie Provinces

Question 69

When was the Canadian Pacific Railway finished?

Answer 69

1800

Question 70

For how long did the Hudson Bay Company control the northern lands?

Answer 70

200 Years

Question 71

Which countries fought in the War of 1812?

Answer 71

British Empire and United States of America.

Question 72

Which document first defined the responsibilities of federal and provincial governments?

Answer 72

The British North America Act.

Question 73

What is a Cabinet Minister?

Answer 73

Persons appointed by the Prime Minister to run federal departments.